Chapters:
1. 1066
3. Church
4. Government
5. War
A Note from the Author
When I started teaching in the 1970s, there was
no National Curriculum. Teachers in those days had to design
their own syllabus, and design their own lessons – so everything that follows was developed
and tested and refined in my History classroom. In the 1990s, after
twenty years of teaching, I got the chance to publish my developed Scheme of Work as four
textbooks in the 'Options in History' series. It
was well-received, had some wonderful illustrations and (I hope) teaching ideas,
and I like to think it was in some respects ground-breaking. Eventually, of course, it went out of print, whereupon copyright
reverted to me ... so I have decided to put it online for anybody
who wants it. This is Book One of the series, so please bear with me as I work through
scanning the rest onto the
website in the coming months.
Each webpage represents a lesson, and has a worksheet of work attached
(just click on the 'Time to Work' icon at the top of any page).
History teachers with access to a computer room will be able to use it to
deliver online lessons. Alternatively, they will be able to set webpages
for online homeworks. The site will be of particular use to
homeschoolers.
Time moves on, and we demand more from a
Scheme of Work nowadays – it will not be possible for teachers simply
to adopt this as a ready-made course of study. There are
no overview 'Big Picture' lessons, there are no topics from the wider
world (so if you are a homeschooler, you will need to do an additional
international topic such as the Islamic Empire), and we place more emphasis nowadays
on Interpretations – for which I recommend the
BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3
website). Also, unlike the lessons which accompanied the
original series, the work suggestions are not differentiated; a lot of the source
materials are visual, but poor readers will need help even so.
Nevertheless, whether you are a student or a teacher, I trust that you will
find the materials interesting and engaging. This course trained
many students, some of whom went on to be History Graduates and even
History teachers, so I can say with a surety that the lessons that
follow will teach you how to be an historian!